South Korea 500-WON (KM27)
Red-crowned crane
The Red-crowned crane (aka Grus japonensis, Japanese Crane, or Manchurian Crane) is one of the largest cranes, measuring up to 158 cm tall with a wing span up to 250 cm (that's over 8 feet for those whose measuring systems are still stuck in the dark ages).
It is an endangered species, with less than 3,000 left in the wild.
As far as I know, this is the only circulating animal coin minted by South Korea.
26.4 mm
Copper-Nickel
KM27
오백원
500 한국은행
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